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This whole thing is not really a Catholic issue, Catholics in polls pretty much mirror people of other faith groups, Catholics like Santorum are a minority and nobody except a very small minority listen to the Bishops or pope when it come to sex issues of any kind.
This is more to do about the conservatives in the Republican Party "the moral majority" "the Christian Right" "right to life before birth but not after birth" groups.
Here's a good article
Even if that is true Catholic women are against the government coming into the church to tell them how to operate.
Most Catholics want the pope and bishops out of their bedroom.
Women have traditionally made up the majority of practicing Catholics are leaving the Catholic Church in higher numbers these days, they are fed up with the misogyny of the hierarchy.
In diocese like mine many of the Catholic churches do not allow girl altar servers, priest can refuse to say Mass if there is a girl altar server and in parishes where they do have female altar servers they have been warned that they cannot have more female altar servers than male servers.
The most recent Supreme Court decision that lets churches, in essence, discriminate as employers signals the way the court views this issue. I believe, if challenged in the courts, the Catholic Church would prevail.
The definition of 'church' is very narrow. In that particular case, the person did have ministerial responsibilities and so was treated as a 'church' employee.
And churches are exempt from this HHS provision.
Do you believe that the Supreme Court would regard doctors, nurses, etc. in the same light?
Also, the Supreme Court refused to hear a case involving a similar mandate passed in NY state and so the mandate is still in force as it is in 27 other states and several have no religious exemption.
I wouldn't count on using this most recent case an an exemplar for how the Supremes might rule if it does get that far.
The church does accept NFP (Natural Family Planning) It's not like they don't have an alternative for women. It's a natural alternative and no it's not the rythem method. Some people who are into the natural method of living think artificial hormones are bad for the body and many won't take the pills just on health reasons.
You know what they call people who practice the rhythm method?
Parents.
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Why do they have a problem with women making their own choices?
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